[Healeys] Wood Steering wheel

John Sims ahbn6 at verizon.net
Thu Aug 13 06:03:30 MDT 2009


Or access it on the Technical page of my site and you won't have to unpack
the RAR file.

John Sims, BN6
Aberdeen, NJ
 
http://www.healey6.com


-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Don Hardie
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 3:59 AM
To: coudesluijs at chello.nl; gaagten at hetnet.nl
Cc: Austin Healey Autox Forum
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Wood Steering wheel

If you then put the roller thrust races into the top if the king pins, that
will lighten the steering effort and compensate for the smaller wheel. See
the
100 Articles: - http://tinyurl.com/100-Tech

Don

> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:11:48 +0200
> From: coudesluijs at chello.nl
> To: gaagten at hetnet.nl
> CC: Healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Wood Steering wheel
>
> Going from 16,5 to 15 inch will give an increase of around 10% in force
> needed for the steering wheel. Its is not an awfull lot and manageble.
> It will make getting in and out a bit easier.
> An even smaller wheel will neccessitate  body building classes.
> Kees Oudesluijs
>
> Gaagten schreef:
> > Hello list,
> > I consider to install a wood steering wheel from Lempert. I have the
original
> > A-H BJ8 wheel, from which I think the diameter is 16.5 inch.
> > However I have very limited space between steering wheel and leg. What
would
> > be the best diameter to order, 15 inch would give much heavier steering.
Is
> > this correct.?
> >
> > Thanks for yr input.
> >
> > Ge Aagten
> > BJ8
> > THe Netherlands


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